"The 95th United States Infantry Division was one of sixty-six American infantry divisions to be committed against the Axis nations during the Second W'orld War. The 95th Infantry Division was neither a Regular Army division nor a National Guard division. It was a typical example of the civilian, war-time Army, for the vast majority of its junior officers and enlisted men came into the Army through the National Selective Service Act of 1940. Fundamentally, it was little different from any other American infantry division. All infantry divisions underwent similar training programs; all infantry divisions that fought in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland or Germany experienced conditions and combat which were generally similar; the veterans of all the armed forces who fought overseas knew the same feelings of homesickness, loneliness and, sometimes, despair; and, ordinarily, all infantry divisions successfully accomplished their assigned missions. Perhaps the only general and consistent difference in American’s infantry divisions was in the specific locations of their fighting. Some infantry divisions, of course, were committed much longer than others, some divisions killed, wounded or captured more German soldiers than others, and some divisions were involved in moie spectacular and historic operations than others. And, clearly, some divisions were better than others...." Digitized by Google.

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